Molten Lava Death Massage
Molten Lava Death Massage (Hong Kongs best band name according the citys premier English paper, the South China Morning Post) are a shotgun of heavy rock, playing out like a jukebox full of different influences and inspirations channeled through a consistent and focused tunnel of sludge.
The vibe of Eye of Ra hits marks from instrumental stonerrock grooves to thrash charges, danceable jams, and doom ballads, covering a range of heavy dimensions. Its somewhere between a Mustang drive through the desert and a starless tornado night fistfight. The album is a frenzy, with a riff rarely ever repeated within a song. Constantly in the red, abrasive production and forceful tunes really push the threshold.
Indy Shome's fuzzy crackling riffs feel like theyre barely contained in the speakers, with occasional vocals roaring through behind them. Andrew Chu's drums constantly pulsate with the mix of double-kicker core technique and hard-riding head-banging beats, glued together and bounced out by Ben Gagnon's bass.
Uniquely, the band also produced and arranged the effort completely on their own. Shome, the youngest member of the band, was responsible for recording, mixing, and mastering the effort, and Gagnon put together most of the designing based on artwork by Adrian Dexter.
On CLF:
Eye Of Ra - CLF007 (2006)
